surgeon
Johan Hendrik Christiaan Basting.
Dutch surgeon and military personnel (1817-1870)
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About Johan Hendrik Christiaan Basting
Johan Hendrik Christiaan Basting was a Dutch army surgeon and friend of Red Cross founder Henri Dunant. He played an important role during the establishment in 1863 of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and from that year on he was an advocate for the establishment of a national voluntary aid organization in the Netherlands, the Netherlands Red Cross established in 1867.
Everything about Johan Hendrik Christiaan Basting →- Occupation
- surgeon, military personnel
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Born
- September 20, 1817
- Died
- September 24, 1870